Marie-Pierre Langlamet

France's Marie-Pierre Langlamet is one of the world's leading harp soloists and orchestral harpists, having served as principal harpist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra since 1993. Unusual among players of her instrument, she is known as a champion of contemporary music. Langlamet was born in Grenoble, France, on September 13, 1967. She first fell in love with the harp through watching the animated cartoon Piccolo, Saxo et Compagnie, and when her piano class at school was full, she opted to take up the harp instead. Entering the Nice Conservatoire, Langlamet progressed r...